#49 - Try another activity that's new to me!

At the end of June I drove to Edmonton, Alberta to visit my sister who lives nearby. One of things we wanted to do while we were together was attend some sort of Canada Day festivities on July 1st.

We looked up all the possibilities in the Edmonton area and decided upon the fun that was planned for Sherwood Park. They had everything from pony rides to zip-lining to a baby stroller car wash (too cute!) to planting red and white flowers in a special Canada Day-themed flower bed.

The activity that caught our attention the most though was riding a segway. This was one of the few adult-only activities offered and where the lines were the shortest - awesome!

We were given a short lesson and then coached around the course by those who were more experienced. It was an odd sensation powering a vehicle simply based on your movements: lean back a bit and off you go, move to the left or right to make turns, and lean forward to stop. We both tried the course twice and quickly became convinced this was not the last time we would be on segways. Who knew they could be so fun?